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Xin Ma Associate Professor, Full Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor (Senior Level) of Southern University of Science and Technology

Education
• Dalian University of Technology - Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Doctoral Degree
• Dalian University of Technology - Measurement and Control Technology and Instrumentation, Bachelor's Degree
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Work Experience
• 2026.05 - Present Associate Professor (Researcher, Doctoral Supervisor (Senior Grade), National High-level Young Talent, Executive Deputy Director of the Robotics Research Institute - Jining Joint Research Center of Southern University of Science and Technology)
• 2025.05 - 2026.05 Assistant Professor at Southern University of Science and Technology
• 2021.12 - 2025.04 Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong • 2025.05 - 2026.05 Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology • 2019.07 - 2021.06 Postdoctoral Researcher, Purdue University • 2017.08 - 2019.06 Postdoctoral Researcher, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Achievements
• Engaged in long-term research on robot mechanisms, continuum robots, and embodied intelligent robot systems, leading projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth (Overseas), Hong Kong RGC-GRF, ITF, and the National Natural Science Foundation for Youth. Published over 80 papers, including 31 papers/communications, covering top journals such as IEEE T-RO, IEEE TMECH, Soft Robotics, etc; Google Scholar has been cited over 1630 times and has been granted 1 US invention patent and 14 Chinese invention patents.
• The research results have won multiple honors, including the National Gold Award at the 9th China International College Student Innovation Competition, the Best Paper Award at the IEEE IRAC Conference, the Best Paper Nomination Award at the IEEE ReMAR Conference, and the Best Paper Nomination Award at the IEEE IRAC Conference. Currently serving as a young editorial board member for SmartBot, Robot Learning, and Journal of Zhejiang University Science A, and also serving as a member of the first committee of the Digital Neurosurgery Professional Committee of the Guangdong Medical Education Association.

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